Ilia II Baptizing Children to Raise Awareness for Georgian Orphans

On the dual celebration of Mothers' Day and St. Shio Mgvime in Georgia, Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II (Gudushauri-Shiolashvili) of Mtskheta-Tbilisi is holding the 16th mass baptism of children in Tbilisi's Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, focusing this time around on raising awareness of orphans and the need for more adoptive parents in Georgia. More here and here.

Patriarchal Baptisms in Tbilisi

Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II (Ghudushauri-Shiolashvili) of Mtskheta yesterday baptized 500 children as part of the festal celebrations at Tbilisi's Holy Trinity Cathedral as part of his initiative to encourage Georgians to have larger families. More here.

Upcoming Patriarchal Baptisms in Tbilisi

As part of his ongoing initiative to encourage Georgians to have more children Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia of the Georgian Orthodox Church will be holding his fourteenth mass baptism of three hundred forty of these children in Tbilisi's Holy Trinity Cathedral on the feast of the Archangels (8/21 November). Since the beginning of the initiative Patriarch Ilia has baptized and chrismated some seven thousand children.